Friday, May 17, 2024

Our Last show in the West Springfield MA area

This is our Last Year of Traveling to Shows...

StamperCon

West Springfield MA

Friday May 31: 10am - 5pm

Saturday June 1: 10am - 4pm

Eastern States Exposition

1305 Memorial Ave

West Springfield, MA 01089

Our last show in the West Springfield area...

We are sad to announce that our last time to exhibit at the West Springfield MA show will be May 31 - June 1, 2024. Please come by to shop and say hello!

We will miss seeing you and hope you will come out to say goodbye and give us hugs!

We WILL still be available for online sales for another year or so, but this is our last in-person show in West Springfield. See the show schedule below for the remainder of 2024.

Although we love being at shows, our plans for retirement are starting and 2024 will be our last year of show travel. Although we enjoy the shows, the time away from family, the toll set up and take-down take on our bodies and the grueling travel time to get to-and-from each location is very difficult.

Our 2024 Tradeshow Schedule is below.

Our Specials at shows this year!

If you take the time to come to a show, we have some show specials for you!

Buy 5 stamps get the 6th FREE*
Spend $40.00, Get a free Specialty Stamp Set**
One full rack of specially priced stamps, plus additional clearance items! (New!)

Although we won't be at shows next year, the shows will still go on...

While the decision to cut shows from our schedule next year is not an easy one, rest assured that the shows will still go on without us in 2025 and beyond. Please continue to support the shows - or any show in your area - the vendors travel far and wide and EVERYONE appreciates your attendance and your business.

2024 Tradeshows

West Springfield MA - May 31 - June 1

StamperCon

Sharonville OH - August 2 - 3

Classes Start 7-31

Stampaway USA

Hamburg NY August 24-25

Stamp Scrap Art Tour

Westminster MD - Sept 7 - 8

Stamp Scrap Art Tour

Hampton VA Oct 19 - 20

Stamp Scrap Art Tour

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Giraffe Love

Deb here with a sweet baby card for a friend. The Giraffe Love stamp is a fun background design perfect for many occasions. It is one of the 13 latest releases from Technique Junkies.

I stamped the Giraffe Love stamp on white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink .
The stamped image was colored with my COPICS.
I die cut a circle from pale green cardstock with a Big and Little Pierced Chain Round Die.
The completed stamped panel was adhered to a yellow card base.
I adhered the pale green circle to the front of the giraffe card.
A few stickers from Paper House Productions were perfect to put the finishing touches on my card -
The onsie sticker was placed in the middle of the circle and aa key ring sticker was adhered on the bottom right of the circle.

I love this fun stamp and just might make a birthday card with it too .. I can also envision coloring the giraffes pink or blue !! Thank you for stopping by to see my card .. I'll be posting more throughout the month . I hope I've inspired you to be creative ... And if I've inspired you to do some shopping, you can use my code - TJ10Deb - for a savings of 10% .

Until next time, Stay Creative....

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Red, White & Blue Masculine Birthday Card

Hey crafty friends!

This card design was created using the Star Collage background stamp, Star and Flourish Birthday stamp…plus the Star Sweep on the first card.

I used glitter card stock for the background layers to give it an extra celebration feel.

Wouldn’t this make a nice masculine card or looking ahead - the perfect 4th of July birthday card?!

If you decide to go shopping be sure to enter my discount code at checkout, TJ10AJ, to save 10% off everything plus you’ll want to check out what’s 25% OFF through May 16! My discount takes off additional savings on those sale items.

Happy Stamping!

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Stamping Super Powers

Hello!

Memorial day will be here in just a few short weeks. I know for many it marks the start of the summer season. I'm not going to lie... I'm so excited for the BBQs, warm weather, and flip flops. I always think it is important to remember the actual reason for the holiday as well. It is to remember and thank all the people who have died and served our wonderful nation. I have some family and friends that are currently serving in our armed forces. I made them some cards so they would get some happy mail in the next few weeks. I hope this inspires you to use your crafty super powers and get out your patriotic stamps and do the same.

Happy Crafting,

Chris

Materials:

STAMPS: use code TJ10Chris to save 10%:

Patriotic Corners

Service

Paper:

paper from Stampin' Up

Ink:

Versa clair: Amazon

Memento Ink: Amazon or Scrapbook

Other:

Bearly Art Glue:(detail glue)

Tacky Glue

Monday, May 13, 2024

Animal Lessons

Hello. Jeanette here. I've been enjoying seeing the cards the design team has made using stamps from the April 15th release. I hope you have, too.

I have two more cards to share today.

Giraffe Love and previously released Why Fit In:

Lovely Lizards and previously released Big Cracks and a sentiment from previously released That's What She Said:

If you like saving money - and who doesn't - please use the code TJ10JEANETTE when checking out at Technique Junkies to receive a 10% discount.

If you'd like to see other cards I've made using Technique Junkies stamps/products, you'll find them on my blog - HERE.

Saturday, May 11, 2024

Wildflower Corner with Flower Soft and a Road Trip

Hello all and Happy Saturday. Does anyone still own or use Flower Soft? Heck, does anyone remember Flower Soft? I have a feeling that many fans of Technique Junkies stamps have some and, maybe still use them. If you don't know what it is, it was made about over 10 years ago (or more) and it was all the rage. It was very fine foam that was dyed in different colors, it came in little pots, and all you did was add some glue and then drop some of the flower soft on it to give a flower look. Believe it or not, I found a company in the UK that is selling the rest of her stock. If you want any, check out THIS link.

I moved here to Brasil with all of my pots of Flower Soft and, after stamping the Wildflower Corner stamp, I knew it would be perfect to use on the flowers.

How did I make this card?

I started with a top-folding A2 card made from red cardstock.
I die-cut two pieces of white cardstock using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die. One, I adhered to the inside of the card for a message.
Using the 2nd, I stamped the Wildflower Corner using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then I stamped the sentiment "a journey is best measured in Friends, rather than miles" from Road Trip, Set of 6 (a great set).
Next, working from top to bottom, I applied some glue to the flowers (one by one), dropped the flower soft on top, waited a few minutes, and then removed the excess. The colors I used are Autumn, Lavender, Baby Blue, and Lemon.
While it was drying, I colored in the other flowers using some Tombow markers. Then I set it aside to fully dry.

Lastly, I adhered some red crystals to the card front that matched the cardstock.

I hope you have enjoyed this card idea. Enjoy the rest of your weekend and, if you go shopping on the Technique Junkies website, please use my code at checkout to save 10% on your total purchase. The code is TJ10Michael.

Thanks and until next time...

Hugs from Brasil.

~Michael

Friday, May 10, 2024

TJ Inkspirations: In honor of Memorial Day

In Honor of Memorial Day...

With Memorial Day upon in just a few weeks, we are pleased to show you some inspirational patriotic artwork. Two of the stamps shown below are from the April 15th release; many others are from our stamp inventory.

All Stamps in the Patriotic Category at 25% off through May 16th. Simply add the stamps to your shopping cart and the 25% will be automatically applied. Have a 10% Designer code? You can use that ON TOP OF the 25%!

Shop HERE